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eastwestLandmarksYokohama

Yokohama Port, the Hikawa Maru and Yamashita Koen

Gate to the World

Published on September 19, 2009September 19, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestExplorationsYokohama

Yokohama Afternoon Stroll

Strolling through one of Yokohama’s Western influenced areas. Looking for memories.

Published on September 19, 2009September 7, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestFragments of MemoryMetaphoricalNotesReportYokohama

BORDERS

Borders, Boundaries become apparent unexpectedly.

Published on September 18, 2009September 18, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestKobeMusingsSurveys

Wedding Affairs

The odd nature of the Wedding Industry

Published on September 8, 2009November 6, 2016By natsumeneko
eastwestKanazawaShort StoriesSurveys

Odd Western or Semi-Western Houses (Kanazawa)

It is called little Kyoto but somehow in some areas there are these houses that evoke Yokohama and the era before the world wars …

Published on August 29, 2009August 29, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestExpeditionsOsakaYoukoso

UNIVERSAL VILLAGE (STUDIOS)

There is an area near Osaka Further info: Universal Studios Japan described on Wikipedia

Published on August 25, 2009August 25, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalIkunoMetaphoricalReportYoukoso

TO THE SILVERMINE (Ikuno)

Hidden in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture there is the old Ikuno silver mine. Visiting the site and crawling in its dark tunnels unearths memories of times long gone by.

Published on August 24, 2009November 6, 2016By natsumeneko
eastwestKumamotoShort Stories

Kumamoto Hotel Castle

CINDERELLA (with a different end), a Ghost Story

Published on August 23, 2009September 14, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayExplorationsFragments of MemoryNagasakiShop

Castella, Castella

A cake from the West, a cake from the East

Published on August 21, 2009September 17, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayImpressionNagasakipopShop

Ryoma, Buddha and the Schoolboys

Published on August 21, 2009September 17, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalInvestigationNagasakiNotes

Nagasaki International Club

and Tomisaburo Kuraba

Published on August 21, 2009November 6, 2016By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalLandmarksNagasakiYoukoso

GLOVER GARDEN

In Memory of the Glovers (and the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement during the late Edo, Meiji Period and its echoes in the Taisho Period)

Published on August 21, 2009September 15, 2015By natsumeneko
BLOGEverydayNagasakiPlaces of Transport

A Shelter for those Waiting

Passing by a story comes to mind.

Published on August 20, 2009September 14, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestExpeditionsNagasakiYoukoso

HUIS TEN BOSCH

Legend has it that someone took a Dutch village and single-handedly whisked it away to the far shores of Japan, where it was grafted into the existing landscape.

Published on August 20, 2009September 18, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayKyushuNagasaki

Nagasaki Port

Gateway to the World

Published on August 19, 2009September 14, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestExplorationsFragments of MemoryHistoricalKyushuNagasaki

Looking for Siebold

Up, up the hill … lies a villa, behind bushes of hydrangeas …

Published on August 19, 2009November 14, 2016By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalKyushuLandmarksNagasaki

Nuclear Memories

Visiting the Center of Nuclear Rememberance

Published on August 19, 2009August 19, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalKyushuLandmarksNagasaki

Nagasaki Peace Memorial

Wordless at the Memorial Park

Published on August 19, 2009August 19, 2009By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayFukuokaKyushuMetaphoricalReportShop

Canal City Hakata

A city in a city, or a theme park in a shopping mall?

Published on August 18, 2009September 14, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayHimejiReport

Atlantis

Intergalactic state junction

Published on August 14, 2009September 13, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestHistoricalNotesOsaka

Living the Future

An exhibition dedicated to Fukuzawa Yukichi, author, translator, educator, entrepreneur and one of the intellectual founding fathers of modern Japan.

Published on August 9, 2009May 8, 2016By natsumeneko
eastwestEverydayLandmarksOsakaSurveys

Osaka Shinsekai

On a rainy day in Shinsekai, just a brief encounter.

Published on August 9, 2009September 13, 2015By natsumeneko
eastwestEventInvestigationKobepop

Plastic Garden Paradise

Mosaic Garden without the Sight

Published on August 8, 2009September 13, 2015By natsumeneko
ImpressionOsakaPlaces of Transport

Kansai Kuko

Touching the Ground and Arrival

Published on August 4, 2009May 8, 2016By natsumeneko

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